Discourse
Discourse noun - Talking or a talk between two or more people.
Text and discourse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Text" instead a noun "Discourse".
Nearby Words: discoursed, discoursing
Text
Text noun - A book used for instruction in a subject.
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Synonyms for Text
Discourse and text are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Discourse" instead a noun "Text".
Nearby Word: textual
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Both words in one sentence
- The fact that the text itself is available to anyone doesn't stop blatant lies about the document entering the public discourse, with people often surprised when someone reads the actual text aloud.
Source: God Never Said That - This is a wiki term used for the action taken to relieve the wiki of text that is clearly outside the boundaries of civil discourse or outside the bounds that the community has agreed to set.
Source: Zapped - Quite a few in The Confidence Man — "in which the last three words of the last chapter are made the text of discourse, which will be sure of receiving more or less attention from those readers who do not skip it."
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Text and Discourse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/discourse/text
Discourse & Text. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/discourse/text>.
Text or Discourse. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/discourse/text.
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